Karkaroff a educator(slavic word origins)

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No: HPFGUIDX 95524

<slytherin_jenn at y...> wrote:
> I looked up all the 'slavic' sounding last names through every 
slavic 
> language dictionary I could find and couldn't get anywhere close to 
a 
> meaning. The -off ending in Karkaroff and there's some Durmstrang 
> student if GoF that has the same ending for their last name I don't 
> think is Russian, or at least I've never heard any Russian name end 
> in -off but rather -ov. The -off suffix may be Germanic in origin 
but 
> I don't know any of those languages so I can't say with any 
> certainty. However, their first names are definetly Slavic, both 
Igor 
> and Victor are very common Russian names; Antonin might be from 
> another slavic country but not common in Russian.
>  
> I don't know if JKR has any knowledge of the Slavic languages and 
> maybe she was just trying to make the names sound Slavic as they 
> certainly do.
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Potioncat:
Does anyone remember Boris Badunov? (Bad enough) I would have sworn 
his name was spelled with "f" but I looked it up.  Do you suppose JKR 
used "off" spelling for the sound?

New idea.  I just stated the chapter where Hagrid returns in OoP.  
The giant boss is Karkus. I think I have the right spelling.  To me 
that would be carcass, like Kreacher is creature.  (Or is my Southern 
accent coming back?) I was wondering if the Kark part of Karkaroff's 
name was related to carcass.

Someone said Igor means bowman, wouldn't "bowman" fit the role of 
killer for LV? 
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